Alleppey Tour Packages from Coimbatore

How far is Alleppey from Coimbatore?

Alleppey (Alappuzha) is about 235 km from Coimbatore, a drive of around 5 hours. The route runs through Palakkad, then the Kochi highway (NH 544) and NH 66 south along the coast. The coimbatore to alleppey distance is short enough for a 2 day trip with one night on a houseboat.

Alappuzha is about 62 km south of Kochi. The district tourism page lists the nearest airport as Kochi, about 90 km away, and puts the railway station less than 1 km from Alappuzha Beach, so many visitors from other states arrive by train. From Coimbatore, the vehicle is simpler, because you keep the same driver for the houseboat jetty, the beach and the return.

Alleppey tour packages from Coimbatore: days and trip cost

Our Alleppey tour packages start at 2 days and 1 night from ₹9,500 per person, with a houseboat night. Longer plans pair Alleppey with Munnar, Thekkady, Kovalam or Cochin. Kerala packages are priced per person, based on 2 travelling together. One price covers the vehicle, driver, fuel, toll, parking, Kerala permit, entry tax and the stay.

Whether you search for an alleppey package, alleppey packages, an alappuzha tour package, an alleppey trip package, an alappuzha trip package or alleppey trip packages, the plans are in the table above. The alleppey trip cost rises with the length of the plan and falls per person as the group grows. Meals, entry tickets and personal expenses are extra. For the houseboat alone, take the 2 day Alleppey houseboat package. For hills plus backwaters, take the 5 day Munnar Thekkady Alleppey plan.

What the Alleppey houseboat night is like

A houseboat package gives you one afternoon and evening on the backwaters and a night moored near a village bank. You leave Coimbatore early, board at the Alleppey jetty, cruise the canals that afternoon, sleep on board and check out the next morning. Your driver and vehicle wait on shore.

Boat operators set the check-in time, so it is confirmed in your quote. After breakfast on board you choose Alleppey Beach, close to town, or the quieter Marari Beach to the north, then drive back. Alappuzha is called the Venice of the East. The district page says the title goes back to Lord Curzon's visit in the early 20th century, and it fits a town of canals, bridges, a port and a long unbroken coast.

What else to see around Alleppey

Besides the houseboat, the usual stops are Alappuzha Beach and the backwaters of Vembanad Lake. The beach pier is over 137 years old, according to the district page, and there is an old lighthouse and the Vijaya Beach Park. The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is held at Punnamada Lake each year.

Kuttanad, the rice-growing area around Alleppey, is one of the few places in the world where farming is done below sea level, with paddy fields about 0.6 to 2 m below mean sea level. It is worth knowing, because the canals you cruise run through that landscape.

Best time to visit Alleppey

Alleppey is humid and hot in summer, and fairly cool and pleasant in October and November. The south-west monsoon, June to September, brings long heavy showers, and the north-east monsoon adds rain from October to November. Pick a window outside heavy rain for houseboats.

Average rainfall is about 2,763 mm a year, according to Wikipedia. If your dates fall in the monsoon, we tell you what the cruise will be like before you pay.

Combine Alleppey with other places

Alleppey works as a coast stop between hills. See our pages for Munnar, Thekkady, Cochin, Athirapally, Kovalam and Kerala. The Cochin Athirapally Alleppey plan takes 4 days, and the Alleppey Kovalam plan goes south to the beach.